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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The faculty of judging well concerning matters which fall under no known rule and concerning which one has had no experience; good sense in novel situations and unexpected emergencies.
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[* St. Thomas indicates the Greek derivation: _eugnomosyne_ quasi 'bona _gnome_.']
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Obj. 4: Further, the peripatetic Andronicus [* De Affectibus] reckons nine parts annexed to justice viz. "liberality, kindliness, revenge, commonsense, [* _eugnomosyne_] piety, gratitude, holiness, just exchange" and "just lawgiving"; and of all these it is evident that
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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